Of Algerian‚ Polish and Scottish descent‚ British-born Zahra Mansouri graduated in Theatre Design for Performance at Central Saint Martins. She has been nominated twice for the Off -West End Awards and for 10 years was the associate designer at Fourth Monkey, during which time she created 75 shows. She has a background in competitive Ballroom and Latin Dancing, where she refined skills in designing and making competitive dance wear in collaboration with leading dance couture houses‚ Chrisanne and Dance Sport International. She now prides herself on creating work that is informed by her knowledge of movement and understanding of people inhabiting space. Most recent/current design projects include: Love Life (Opera North); La sonnambula (Buxton Festival); Semele (Blackheath Halls); Dead Man Walking (Oldenburgisches Staatstheater). Recent associate work with Leslie Travers includes: Peter Grimes (Theater Magdeburg, Theater Basel); Cav and Pag (Greek National Opera). Other recent theatre: Whodunnit series and When it happens to you (Park Theatre); Incubating Entrepreneurs
(Amazon Reality series); Immersive Cinema Experience (Backyard Cinema); a gaming feature film The Night Book (Good Gate Media); Typical (Soho Theatre on Demand); Killer Party, an online musical series (Aria Entertainment); The Fairy-tale Revolution: emergency livestream pantomime (Theatre 503). Film: The Good Neighbour, Shadow Plant (Black House Pictures); Brighton to Southgate (Aegis Film Productions); Diversion (LA Productions); Stolen (Fahrenheit Films).